Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Where Treetops Glisten -- a GIVEAWAY!

Where Treetops Glisten
by
Tricia Goyer, Cara Putman, and Sarah Sundin

MY THOUGHTS:
I'm not sure why I like WWII books -- life wasn't really simpler then (although the focus may have been more clear), but for some reason I'm drawn to this time. And I love Christmas books. More than anything else, a great Christmas book will get me into the spirit! Where Treetops Glisten is the best of both worlds! It is a compilation of three stories about one family, the Turners, who are dealing with all that wartime brings.

It also helps that the book is written by three of my favorite WWII authors!

Throughout the three stories the true meaning of Christmas is shared through candy, children, and caring. The home front comes alive in White Christmas, by Cara Putman, as Abigail is mourning the death of her boyfriend who was killed in the war. In the busyness of her life as a college student and employee at a candy store she is still able to find a way to help others. Sarah Sundin wrote my favorite of all three, I'll Be Home For Christmas, about an extremely active little girl who finds a way to bring love to all she meets. And the final story, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, takes you to the front lines of a military hospital in Holland. It was written by my all time favorite author Tricia Goyer and is based on a true story.

The three authors did a marvelous job of weaving the stories together to create a portrait of a loving family who leans on each other in troubled times. Pick it up for a bit of holiday cheer! And a bonus -- there are cookie recipes in the back. The White Velvet Cutouts are AMAZING.

If you would like a chance to win a copy, just leave a comment sharing your favorite Christmas treat!

ABOUT THE BOOK:The crunch of newly fallen snow, the weight of wartimeSiblings forging new paths and finding love in three stories, filled with the wonder of Christmas

Turn
back the clock to a different time, listen to Bing Crosby sing of
sleigh bells in the snow, as the realities of America’s involvement in
the Second World War change the lives of the Turner family in Lafayette,
Indiana.

In Cara Putman’s White Christmas, Abigail
Turner is holding down the Home Front as a college student and a
part-time employee at a one-of-a-kind candy shop. Loss of a beau to the
war has Abigail skittish about romantic entanglements—until a
hard-working young man with a serious problem needs her help.

Abigail’s brother Pete is a fighter pilot hero returned from the European Theater in Sarah Sundin’s I’ll Be Home for Christmas,
trying to recapture the hope and peace his time at war has eroded. But
when he encounters a precocious little girl in need of Pete’s
friendship, can he convince her widowed mother that he’s no longer the
bully she once knew?

In Tricia Goyer’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Meredith
Turner, “Merry” to those who know her best, is using her skills as a
combat nurse on the frontline in the Netherlands. Halfway around the
world from home, Merry never expects to face her deepest betrayal head
on, but that’s precisely what God has in mind to redeem her broken
heart.

The Turner family believes in God’s providence during
such a tumultuous time. Can they absorb the miracle of Christ’s birth
and His plan for a future?

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Cara Putman is the author of twenty books including Shadowed by Grace, She is the winner of the 2008 Carol Award for historical fiction. Sarah Sundin is the critically-acclaimed author of the Wings of the Nightingale series, the Wings of Glory series, and the forthcoming Waves of Freedom novels. Tricia Goyer is a prolific author of nearly forty books, including Chasing Mona Lisa, and a speaker and blogger.